Lindsayca among 10 bidders submit proposals for fertiliser plant in Wales

At least 10 companies, many of which are consortiums, have submitted proposals to design and build an ammonia/urea plant at the Wales Industrial Zone, West Bank Demerara, utilising the rich natural gas being produced offshore Guyana.
As part of Phase Two of the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project, the Guyana Government plans to utilise the excess natural gas that will be piped onshore from the prolific Stabroek Block for several industrial projects at Wales, including a fertiliser plant.
Back in October 2025, the Government invited proposals to design, engineer, construct, and operate an ammonia/urea plant, to which 10 submissions were received when the bids closed last Thursday.
These include a proposal from United States-based Lindsayca Guyana Inc – the company constructing the highly anticipated Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project at Wales.
Also interested in the fertiliser plant are several Chinese consortiums: China CAMC Engineering Co (CAMCE), China National Chemical Engineering Co (CNCEC), and Dubai-based East Consulting Engineering Company (ECEC); China Railway First Group Co Ltd and SEDIN Engineering Co Ltd; Hualu Engineering & Technology Co Ltd and China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation; and China Wuhan Engineering Corporation Limited.
Phoenix Welding & Fabricating Inc, a Trinidad-based company operating in Guyana; Ideal Engineering Services Inc, a locally registered company in a consortium with Nigeria-based Montego Upstream Services Ltd; Northern EPC Alliance (NEA); Lee Kieswetter Heavy Civil (LKHC); and Valour EPC of Canada were also among the bidders.
Another consortium of Japan-based Morimatsu, Arkad SpA of Italy, and Netherlands-based CC7 Europe; and Kalpataru Projects International Limited – an India-based company operating in Guyana – also submitted proposals.
According to the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) document, interested companies will enter into a public-private partnership model via the Guyana Ammonia and Urea Plant (GAUP) company to manufacture 300,000 tonnes of fertiliser per annum, using no more than 20 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of gas from Phase II of the Wales Pipeline.
The project, pegged at approximately US$300 million, is expected to be ready by 2027/2028, when the Gas-to-Energy Phase II comes online.
The proposed Guyana Ammonia and Urea Plant will manufacture and sell fertiliser to the local and regional markets. According to the EPC document, the objective of GAUP is to lower fertiliser prices for Guyana and the broader region, including northern Brazil and the Caribbean.
In addition to the fertiliser plant, the Guyana Government is also looking to construct a cooking gas bottling plant at the Wales site and has already received 10 proposals last month.
These include local company Guygas in a joint venture with Makeen Energy out of Denmark and the Indian-headquartered Ramco Industries; Lindsayca Inc; Trinidad-based Massy Gas Products; Sol Guyana Inc – part of the Caribbean operator, Sol Group; French-owned Rubis Guyana Inc; Indian-based Divyan International Inc (Guyana); Gas Zipa SASESP (Colombia) JV Fix It Depot and Standard Energy Company; Gate Ventures and Consulting Guyana Inc in a consortium with Propak Systems Ltd (Canada) and Makeen Energy (Denmark); ILF Consulting Engineering Inc India in collaboration with MAHAPREIT (Mahatma Phule Renewable and Infrastructure Technology Limited); and BB Energy (BBE) and Dec Ogeco (Ogeco) (Singapore).
Currently, at the Wales site, construction is ongoing on a 300-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant and a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility that will utilise the gas from offshore. When this project comes online later this year, it will not only bring cheap and reliable power but also halve the costs of electricity.
Already, about 250 kilometres of 12-inch pipelines have been laid to bring the gas onshore. However, only 40 per cent of the pipeline’s capacity will be used by the GtE Phase I to supply the power plant and NGL facility with 50 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of dry gas.
With the pipelines having the capacity to push as much as 120 MMSCFD of gas, the Government is moving ahead with Phase II of the Gas-to-Energy project that will utilise the remaining 60 per cent capacity of the pipeline to bring additional gas onshore.
The GtE Phase Two will see the construction of another 300 MW power plant and NGL facility at the Wales site, using only 20 MMSCFD. With the remaining natural gas available, the Government is planning to set up other major industrial projects, including the cooking gas bottling plant and a fertiliser manufacturing plant in Wales.
Only back in January, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, whose office has responsibilities for the country’s energy sector, noted that investments in these two projects will be central to reducing costs in Guyana, especially food prices.